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it* It is a sign the two things are not far
asunder," If you can get her to act up to

that text, and at the same time to take a
woman's proper interest in her personal

appearance, you’ll have one of the best-
dressed wives in the world,1

£ I suppose you’ll allow,1 said Fairbrass,
who was too young yet to take a man’s

proper interest in the personal appearance
of women, i that men who have done great

things are happy and contented ? Great
authors, for example.’

‘ Good gracious, 110 I ■ was the reply.
f Odd as it may seem to you, they are

amongst the unhappiest of the unhappy.
All the art celebrities, of all nationalities,

come here, you know— poets, historians,
essayists, novelists, playwrights, critics,

musicians, artists, actors— the best of them
all come here to see the church and its

antiquities. A good many ’ (this rather
proudly) 4 come here on purpose to see me.

I can read their thoughts, and know that
they think next to nothing of what they